It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Unhappy_Purpose_7655 on 2024-07-21 01:01:33.

This is probably a dumb question, so I apologize. I was looking at Seagate Exos refurbished HDDs on serverpartdeals, and I noticed that the X22 20TB drive is nearly $15 cheaper than the X20 20TB drive. My understanding is that the X22 is a newer model than the X20, so I assumed that the X22 would cost more. Neither one appears to have some special sale going on to explain the difference.

Is there an obvious reason for this pricing? I'm not very knowledgeable about Exos drives or the refurbished process. Would they price the X20s more because they fewer hours on them before the refurb or something?